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Five years ago, Bob McKnight, the chief executive officer of Quiksilver at the time, stood in the center of a huge skateboard ramp in Times Square and announced to the world that Long Beach would … more
Months before the crowds flocked to the beaches in September 2011 to watch professional surfers like Kelly Slater during the Quiksilver Pro New York — the largest pro surfing competition ever held … more
    “I’ve been surfing big waves for about 14 years now, and in my life I’d only seen waves that big one other time,” Will Skudin recalled. “I realized I might only get a handful of sessions with waves that big in my whole lifetime." more
“The waves are here — you guys out here in New York are known for being hardcore surfers,” said professional surfer Jeremy Johnston, of Florida, just after he finished third in the 2014 Volcom … more
When he’s not working as a camp director at Skudin Surf school, or doing volunteer work with children with special needs for the nonprofit Surf for All, professional surfer TJ Gumiela is training, … more
One day last May, the waves in Tahiti were more than 20 feet tall and just as deep, and to big-wave surfer and Long Beach resident Will Skudin, it looked as if there were giant holes in the … more
Nine-year-old Long Beach resident Michaelangelo Marino had never surfed before last week, when he attended the Skudin Surf camp and learned how to ride a wave. “We really applaud the … more
The best surfers on the East Coast will come together in Long Beach this week during the 15th annual Unsound Surf Pro competition, the first major professional surfing contest to take place in the … more
As a young man growing up in Massapequa Park, John Beattie often surfed in Long Beach and Gilgo Beach. But when he moved to Selden with his family in 1980, Beattie, who’s now 62, recalled, he had … more
Pro surfer Balaram Stack, a newly minted member of the Volcom surfing team, will return to Long Beach this weekend, when the Volcom East team takes over Unsound surf shop for a promotional event on … more
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